Cairns Marine

Cairns
Marine is Australia's largest and leading supplier of marine life for
display, supplying Australian retail outlets, international wholesalers
and public aquaria. We are one of just a handful of companies worldwide
that is capable of completing initial stocking of large public aquaria.

Cairns Marine is owned and operated by the Squire family, which has
been collecting and caring for animals for display since 1964 after
purchasing the Cairns Baths and converting them to an oceanarium to
display the animals of the Great Barrier Reef to the public for the
first time.

Today, the company operates two fully customised 22m vessels
collecting under strict licensing and fisheries management conditions
from the Great Barrier Reef and Coral Sea. Specimens are kept at our
custom built holding and husbandry facility in Cairns and are
distributed across Australia and around the world.

Cairns Marine employs 40 staff, including highly trained divers,
marine biologists and aquarists. The considerable expertise and
understanding of the biological geography of the Great Barrier Reef
developed over more than 45 years is a valuable asset that is regularly
and extensively used by reef researchers and fisheries and protected
areas managers.

Our fish, coral, invertebrates, sharks and rays are collected by hand
and maintained in premium condition. Our specimens are enjoyed by many
millions of home hobbyists and literally hundreds of millions of
visitors to large public aquaria around the world.